Author: Chris Mahon
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D&D 3.5: Wicker the Necromancer Learns About Love
After failing to hold a city for ransom with anthrax zombies (you can read that saga here), both my D&D character Wicker and I were in a ... -
Words to Live By: Best Writing Advice from J.R.R. Tolkien, Philip K. Dick, and Franz Kafka
Here are some more of my favorite quotes on writing* to follow up on the previous words of wisdom from Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, and Alan ... -
The Crownless King (Part Four) by Chris Mahon
Part One Part Two Part Three Over the next few days, Samal finished tracing the star map and continued teaching Iz about the workings of the ... -
The Crownless King (Part Three) by Chris Mahon
Part One Part Two Iz shuddered all the way down her body, like a puppet whose strings were being jerked. Then she crawled forward with the ... -
Words to Live By: Best Writing Advice from Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, and Alan Watts
A couple years ago, I bought a big cork board to hang over my writing desk. Since then, I’ve been pinning quotes to it to keep ... -
The Crownless King (Part Two) by Chris Mahon
Read Part One Here When Iz went to sleep in her bundle of canvas and fur, her hand wrapped in bandages, Samal was still awake at ... -
The Crownless King (Part One) by Chris Mahon
“Hand closed tight? If there’s too much air in your fist, it’ll blow your hand off.” “I think it’s tight.” “All right, now press your lips ... -
Tabletop Game Review: Betrayal at House on the Hill
Some people start their tabletop boardgaming careers with Settlers of Catan. For my Brooklyn group, it was Betrayal at House on the Hill. I don’t know ... -
Getting Into Warhammer 40K, Part 2: Choosing Your Faction
Choosing a faction in Warhammer 40K is sort of like taking a Rorschach test. One person may look at Space Marines and see bland sci-fi beefcakes, ... -
Tabletop Game Review: One Night Ultimate Werewolf
As a tabletop gamer, you haven’t lived until you’ve watched your friends spiral into a paranoid breakdown and start aggressively pointing fingers at one another like ...
